Hear the authentic sound of mainstream domestic music of early 20th century Great Britain. Until the advent of the amplifier in 1924 the piano was the main household musical entertainment device. The majority of domestic music was never committed to audio recording as there was no purpose in so doing. As the 20th century advanced audio recorded music became the predominant way music is heard in the household environment. The music of the Victorian and Edwardian eras thus silently faded from the popular vernacular leaving only their printed pages. Today the majority of people cannot read music in any meaningfully fluent way that they may play these scores fluently as originally intended. The purpose of this Channel is primarily to make available to you the music that represents our shared cultural musical heritage. Long live Great Britain!
British music historian, composer, arranger and pianist Adam Ramet.
The Edwardian Pianist
LATEST NEWS : Two new projects! We are embarking upon recording another huge roll archive that has been donated. The majority of these appear to have formed parts of regional roll lending library stock in the North of England. Some treasures, some familiar favourites, more operetta and shows and delightful light salon music too.
Secondly, we are in process of examining an incredible and immense sheetmusic archive of all forms of Dance and Theatrical Music from the 1870s though to the WW1 era. This will take many many months and reveal British ragtime and syncopated music from the late 1890s onwards. Scott Joplin - on yer bike mate, the British are back!
sincerely
Adam
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The Edwardian Pianist
This week we will be listening to many titles from the Australian "Mastertouch" piano roll catalog. Mastertouch operated from 1919 all the way through to 2005. All the machinery and archives are now resident at the Powerhouse Museum there. Like QRS in the USA the Mastertouch company had its own house style and roll artistes. There'll be some surprises - and a fair few disappointments too!
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More 3/4 time and operetta delights over the next few days. There's rare Lincke, Eysler, Ziehrer's "Kiss Waltz", Vollstedt's "Rêve de Champagne" Op.100 and ... well, I'll let you discover all for yourself! Hope you are all having a peaceful few days before New Year, regards, Adam
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Hello there! Wishing all subscribers and viewers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous and healthy New Year! Thankyou for following our musical journey via the Pianola this past year and we hope you have discovered many new pleasant musical works along the way. Today there's a selection of Christmas carols and other xmas themed tunes. Tomorrow already scheduled into the system will be some fun 1910s ragtime tunes plus a few nice simple waltz melodies and an interesting salon transcription by Tredhe of Sebastián Iradier's famous "La Paloma". Eat, drink, be merry, whoever you are, wherever you are. sincerely, Adam Ramet THE EDWARDIAN PIANIST
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